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Prime Minister Theresa May has formally told the UK parliament that Article 50 has been triggered on 29 May. Sir Tim Barrow, the British Ambassador to the EU, handed Donald Tusk a letter signed by May signalling the UKs desire to begin formal divorce proceedings.Mar 29, 2017

The Congress has decided to go all-out against the BJP in this year's Gujarat Assembly elections. International Business Times, India, spoke to its state president Bharatsinh Solanki, son of former CM Madhavsinh Solanki.Mar 29, 2017

The Congress, which has been out of power in Gujarat for over two decades now, has decided to follow two paths — organisational and ideological — that are nothing less than revolutionary by its standard.Mar 28, 2017

The family of the US tourist killed in the Westminster terror attack said they had been through a humbling and difficult experience, but they have felt the love of so many people. Kurt and Melissa Cochran, from Utah, were on the final day of a trip to London to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary. The couple were mowed down on Westminster Bridge by a car driven by Khalid Masood, who killed four people in his rampage before being shot dead. Kurt died, Melissa was seriously injured.Mar 28, 2017

The UK government will face a Brexit backlash once the public realises it cannot deliver on its outlandish and utopian promises, Nick Clegg said on 28 March. The former deputy prime minister also rebuked claims from Brexit Secretary David Davis that Britain will enjoy the same benefits outside of the Single Market.Mar 28, 2017

The Syrian opposition delegation participating in the fifth round of the Syria peace talks that resumed in Geneva on Friday (25 March), said it will not accept any presence of Bashar al-Assad in the war-torn country’s peace process.The delegations of the Syrian government and opposition groups arrived at the Palace of Nations on 27 March and respectively talked with the Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Syria Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy. The government delegation’s head, Bashar al-Jaafari, did not issue any statement after the meeting, while the head of the opposition delegation, Nasr al-Hariri, reiterated the opposition’s stance at a press conference after the meeting.Mar 28, 2017

Reaction to the front page, which featured a picture of UK Prime Minister Theresa May and Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, has gone viral on Twitter, with the phrase “legs-it”, the Daily Mail and author of the article Sarah Vine all trending throughout the morning.Mar 28, 2017